Lauren can provide therapy to adults and children living with neurological conditions, including (but not limited to):

  • Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

  • Cerebral Palsy

  • Complex Neurological Conditions

  • Neurodegenerative Conditions (e.g. Parkinson’s, Huntington’s)

  • Stroke

  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Who We Treat

Lauren can also act as a treating Speech and Language Therapist for clients involved in medico-legal claims, providing assessment, producing high-quality reports and functional recommendations, delivering personalised rehabilitation and ongoing therapy. Lauren works collaboratively with clients, case managers and the wider multidisciplinary team to support meaningful progress and rehabilitation goals.

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What We Treat

  • Aphasia is a language disorder. It affects how we use and/or understand words.

    Expressive Aphasia (or Broca’s Aphasia) affects the ability to use language; resulting in expression that is effortful, nonsensical, and/or limited. It is often characterised by difficulties finding the right word to say. It does not affect someone’s ability to understand language.

    Receptive Aphasia (or Wernicke’s Aphasia) affects the ability to understand spoken and/or written language. Although speech may be fluent and grammatical, it may lack sense.

  • Apraxia of Speech (AOS) is a motor speech disorder.

    AOS affects the ability to articulate speech sounds, due to damage to the area of the brain that is responsible for planning and coordinating muscle movement.

    People with AOS may find talking extremely effortful, or may not be able to produce speech at all.

  • Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is the term used when a person avoids or restricts certain foods, which can affect their nutrition, growth and overall health.

    ARFID is caused by sensory sensitivity, rather than anatomical abnormalities. Sensory sensitivity is defined as an extreme dislike of specific textures, smells, tastes, or looks of food.

  • Cognitive Communication Disorder (CCD) is the name given to communication impairments that are caused by changes in cognitive skills such as attention, memory, reasoning and problem-solving.

    CCD can be difficult to identify and can often go mis/undiagnosed. Signs of CCD may include losing track of conversations, finding it challenging to think of new ideas, or difficulties understanding sarcasm.

  • Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder.

    Dysarthria affects the ability to articulate speech sounds, due to weakening of the muscles used when talking.

    Dysarthria can cause speech to sound slurred, alter voice volume and speed, and can reduce the intelligibility of what someone says.

  • Dysphagia is the term used for a swallowing impairment.

    There are 3 stages of the swallow -

    • Oral stage (biting, chewing, keeping food in the mouth, tongue movement)

    • Pharyngeal (throat) stage (triggering a swallow, protecting the airway)

    • Oesophageal (food pipe) stage (moving the food from the throat to the stomach)

    Dysphagia includes difficulties in any of these stages.

    If poorly managed, dysphagia can result in choking, chest infections, pneumonia, and in the worst case, death.

  • Fluency disorders affect the flow, rhythm and sound of speech. It includes neurogenic stammering, and the impact of impaired expressive language difficulties.

  • Paediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) is the term given to eating or drinking that is not age-appropriate in children.

    PFD is associated with medical, nutritional, feeding skill and/or psychosocial difficulties.

  • A reading impairment is characterised by a difficulty recognising, understanding and processing written language.

  • Speech Sound Disorders are caused by difficulties producing speech sounds clearly and accurately, which can affect how easily a person is understood. This may be due to an inability to articulate speech sounds correctly.

  • A Voice Disorder can be caused by a neurological injury or condition, and affects vocal qualities such as volume, pitch, strength or clarity.

  • A Writing or Spelling impairment can cause difficulties expressing yourself through writing. This may be due to problems with spelling, word selection and written sentence construction. It can affect writing using pen/paper, texting and e-mailing, for example.

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